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Magnetized Cement That Can Charge Electric Cars
Magnetized Cement That Can Charge Electric Cars
The Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University recently announced plans to develop a highway capable of charging electric cars wirelessly. Funded by the National Science Foundation, INDOT and Purdue are working with the German firm Magment to make magnetized cement called magment.
The project is still in its first phases of testing, but the firm says that magment “offers an innovative magnetizable concrete product consisting of cement and recycled particles called ferrite.” Magment’s site adds that the product has “wireless transmission efficiency, standard road-building installation costs, enables universal charging, is all-weather, has a high thermal conductivity, and is vandalism-proof”. The testing, which will be conducted by the Purdue's Joint Transportation Research Program, is expected to begin sometime before the end of summer.
The development of magnetized cement will surely have a big impact on reducing pollution in the road, but a lot of continuous research needs to be done before mass production is approved.
What do you think of this environmental breakthrough?
Sources:
Dent, S. (2021, July 26). Researchers are testing concrete that could charge your EV while you drive. Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/magnetized-concrete-could-charge-your-ev-while-you-drive-041225378.html.
Header. INDOT: Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Solution for Highway Infrastructure. (n.d.). https://www.in.gov/indot/4320.htm.
Ramsey, J. (2021, July 22). Indiana to Test highways that can Wireless charge EVs. Autoblog. https://www.autoblog.com/2021/07/22/indiana-wireless-highway-charging/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000015.
Technology. Magment. (2021, July 20). https://www.magment.co/magment-technology/.
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